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Federal budget cuts mean hard choices for states, but there’s a path forward beyond scarcity or sacrifice, says Verlon Johnson, chief strategy officer at Acentra Health.
Announcement comes ahead of Nov. 1 open enrollment and the end of premium tax credits at the end of the year.
Hospitals should know the cost of providing care so that if they’re losing money on a specific service they can go to payers and renegotiate, says Kelly Arduino, Healthcare Industry Leader at advisory firm Wipfli.
The group said recent developments at the CDC raise questions about the agency’s stability and independence.
New blood needed at CDC to remove officials with conflicts of interest, bad judgment and political agendas, Kennedy says.
Medical reasoning bridges the time gap between when a patient sees a physician to talking about next steps, which makes the turnaround time to treatment faster, says Dr. Ethan Goh, executive director of Stanford ARISE.
The facilities violated the Nursing Home Reform Act, in part by failing to develop care plans for their residents, DOJ says
The physician does the prescription in the background, Surescripts asks the PBM for prior auth approval and the information is pulled from the EHR, all within 30 seconds, says Matt Koehler, VP of product innovation at Surescripts.
The implications of a less inclusive physician workforce could worsen the projected nationwide shortage of more than 130,000 physicians by 2030, study finds.
The compelling nature of what's possible is offset by the trepidation of potential patient harm, says HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowdon.